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Dawn Butler vs Aphra Brandreth

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 277 different votes 282 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
590 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
47.3% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.7% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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